The Dark Knight Nicholson on Ledger playing the Joker

Well, at least he's being honest. Hey, it's his opinion and he was an awesome Joker, so...

 

nolan >> burton

 

Wow, great interview dude. Sucks that Nicholson isn't too happy with the new Joker, but it's great to see that he's passionate about it. That kicks ass.

 

Nolan wanted a darker insane Joker, not a comical crazy Joker. That's why Nicholson wasn't involved. And as for why they didn't ask advice from him, he's an actor not a director. He's not Bob Kane nor the real Joker, not that there is one. What purpose could he serve in preparing Ledger for a more manical and darker Joker? None that I can see, but who knows. Maybe there's some evil locked away in the old man. t:

 

Well...ok Jack...

 

interesting.

 

What's he got to be embarrassed about?
Nothing wrong with a bit of passion.

 

I love the guy, but man.... he's got some balls to say all that.

 

That's true, but he makes it sound like they had to asked him about the Joker and that Burton was the end all be all.

 

Nothing wrong with being passionate at all. But really Nicholson has no solid right to be "furious". If anyone should have a say it's Romero, techniquely he was the first on screen Joker. But he's not here he can't comment on it all. Although I'm getting a kind of arrogance from the way Nicholson worded things. And in all honesty, asking him for advice isn't necessary but not harmful to the film. But if he meant to put him in the poll for playing the new Joker, he's too old for that. And it wouldn't make sense to use an old Joker in a new film.

 

I'm inclined to believe everything he said in that interview is a joke because there is no way he can be stupid enough to believe:

A) He is ripe enough to still play the Joker

B) People should have come to him for advice

C) That TDK is a sequel to Burton's film

or

D) That Burton nailed the Batman franchise.

But those were very poorly expressed thoughts, hard to know what he was trying to say.

 

Yea that's true also.

 

Things can easily be taken out of context.

 

He was clearly joking.

CFE

 

Click the link, he was being serious.

But what I find hard to believe is that he thinks Nolan's films are in Burton continuity.

 

I guess sometimes when you read things you lose the way it's being said by the interviewee. I'd love to see an interview with Nicholson on E.T. or Extra where we can see his facial expressions and hear the intonations in his voice.

 

If he's serious, he's taking it the wrong way since this is not a sequel.

He should watch it and be open-minded.

 

"Why doesn't anyone TELL me these things??"

 

Jack Nicholson is full of himself

 

Though I own a lot of Jacks movies including Burton's B89 on DVD to me he is getting senial.

The things that made me laugh is like others said:

A. He clearly has no idea what this trilogy is. I bet a million dollars that he never saw Begins, and saw only Joel's incarnations.

B. A sequel? Ummm no its not lol. He apparently has no idea this is a new Joker.

C. I love Burton's version as well, but it sounds like he still did not see Nolan's. Though what does Jack care he swims in his pools of money all day.

 

I'm sorry I just don't believe he could be this bullheaded about it. Nicholson knows this industry, and he's such an icon in Hollywood that his words hold significance. Saying this stuff makes him look like a total jerk, and I think he's smart enough to wanna stay PC in an interview and not sound like an ass.

So he had to be joking, he just ran with the joke for the entirety of the interview, and he was so into it that people believed what he was saying was the absolute truth.

CFE

 

Jack N lost points there....unless he was trying to be funny

 

"Maybe it was the right thing, but to be candid, I'm furious."

He was serious. To be candid means to be serious. Also his demeanor surprised the interviewer, obviously he wasn't joking.

 

He's mad that the Lakers lost last night.